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Bustino74

Bustino74

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Here's a chance to show how good you are at predicting the future.

Predictions 2018

Please put a name against each of the following. Entries close on the 15th January 2018.

Winners of the Following;-

Champion Hurdle

Two Mile Champion Chase

World Hurdle

Triumph Hurdle

Cheltenham Gold Cup

Grand National

2000 Guineas

1000 Guineas

Oaks

Derby

Golden Jubilee Stakes

Ascot Gold Cup

Queen Anne Stakes

Eclipse Stakes

King George vi and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

St Leger

Arc de Triomphe

Champion NH Trainer

Champion Flat Jockey

Champion Flat Trainer

Champion Sire (stakes won)

Champion New Sire (stakes won)

Scandal of 2018 (person or horse)

Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018)

The points will be awarded 5-3-1. The judge’s decision is final. I am the Judge
 
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Faugheen
Min
Yanworth
Apple's Shakira
Yorkhill
Mendelssohn
Clemmie
Happily
Amideo Mogdigliani
Harry's Angel
Order Of Saint George
Beat The Bank
Cracksman
Enable
The Pentagon
Enable
Nicky Henderson
Atzeni
AOB
Galileo
Winx stays in Aus to beat handicappers
Darkness Falls
 
My Predictions 2018 - Will add as and when I can

Champion Hurdle - Buveur D'air,

Two Mile Champion Chase - Min

World Hurdle - Unowhatimeanharry

Triumph Hurdle - Espoir D'allen

Cheltenham Gold Cup - Might Bite

Grand National - Whisper

2000 Guineas - Saxon Warrior

1000 Guineas - Clemmie

Oaks - Clemmie

Derby - The Pentagon

Golden Jubilee Stakes - Harry Angel

Ascot Gold Cup - Stradivarius

Queen Anne Stakes - Limato

Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman

King George vi and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Cracksman

St Leger - The Pentagon

Arc de Triomphe - Cracksman

Champion NH Trainer - Nicky Henderson

Champion Flat Jockey - William Buick

Champion Flat Trainer -

Champion Sire (stakes won) - Frankel

Champion New Sire (stakes won)

Scandal of 2018 (person or horse)

Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018)

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Plus Apples Jade for the Mares' Hurdle
 
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Maybe I should have put up Competition in the title. Feel free to add it Ron.

I will take the final selections only after the closing date. So feel free to edit up until then.
 
Some clarification

Top NH trainer and top Flat trainer are the usual UK top trainers

The sires are those defined by the UK and Ireland results, not global and is from the position at the end of the Turf year.

Flat jockey as defined by the current BHA rules
 
My answers are :

Whatever Boris aftertimes with, coz he's never wrong.
Best close competition as I've won <badger><badger><badger>
 
Champion Hurdle - Buveur D'Air
Two Mile Champion Chase - Altior
World Hurdle - Supasundae
Triumph Hurdle - Espoir D'Allen
Cheltenham Gold Cup - Native River
Grand National - Cause Of Causes
2000 Guineas - Herculean
1000 Guineas - Clemmie
Oaks - Laurens
Derby - Saxon Warrior
Golden Jubilee Stakes - Tasleet
Ascot Gold Cup - Order Of St George
Queen Anne Stakes - Winx
Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Enable
St Leger - Roaring Lion
Arc de Triomphe - Enable
Champion NH Trainer - Nicky Henderson
Champion Flat Jockey - Silvestre de Souza
Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien
Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo
Champion New Sire (stakes won) - Kingman
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) - Fergal O'Brien
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) - no idea
 
Here are my picks:

Champion Hurdle - Buveur D'Air
Two Mile Champion Chase - Altior
World Hurdle – Yanworth
Triumph Hurdle – Apples Shakira
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Might Bite
Grand National – Blaklion
2000 Guineas – Expert Eye
1000 Guineas - Clemmie
Oaks - Happily
Derby - Saxon Warrior
Golden Jubilee Stakes – Harry Angel
Ascot Gold Cup - Order Of St George
Queen Anne Stakes – Beat the Bank
Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Enable
St Leger – Gustav Klimt
Arc de Triomphe – Saxon Warrior
Champion NH Trainer – Lieutenant Nicky Henderson
Champion Flat Jockey - Silvestre de Souza
Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien
Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo
Champion New Sire (stakes won) - Kingman
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) – A.P. McCoy
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) – Crystal King (in training with Sir Michael)
 
OddDog said:
2000 Guineas - Herculean
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I love Herculean (as he’s a full brother to Fair Eva, what a lovely name for a filly by the way, and trained in the county) but my fear re him and the Guineas is that if Expert Eye (in the same ownership) is deemed fit and well then he will be sent elsewhere. There were hints that towards the backend of last term they had similar targets but each and every time Expert Eye was given precedence (in the end Herculean picked up a slight injury so was proved irrelevant anyway in the end).

Herculean is probs the horse that I’m looking forward to most in 2018 but it must be a huge uncertainty as to the route connections are going to take. I note he’s also now got quotes re The Derby. But considered him dam, African Rose, won the 6 furlong Haydock Sprint Cup Herculean staying double that distance must be a huge doubt.
 
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Update with dark horse:

Champion Hurdle - Buveur D'Air
Two Mile Champion Chase - Altior
World Hurdle - Supasundae
Triumph Hurdle - Espoir D'Allen
Cheltenham Gold Cup - Native River
Grand National - Cause Of Causes
2000 Guineas - Herculean
1000 Guineas - Clemmie
Oaks - Laurens
Derby - Saxon Warrior
Golden Jubilee Stakes - Tasleet
Ascot Gold Cup - Order Of St George
Queen Anne Stakes - Winx
Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Enable
St Leger - Roaring Lion
Arc de Triomphe - Enable
Champion NH Trainer - Nicky Henderson
Champion Flat Jockey - Silvestre de Souza
Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien
Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo
Champion New Sire (stakes won) - Kingman
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) - Fergal O'Brien
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) - Centroid (an unraced 3YO Dansili half-brother to Enable. Given to me by an IMPECCABLE source)
 
Winners of the Following;-

Champion Hurdle - Buveur Dair

Two Mile Champion Chase - Altior

World Hurdle - Wolestone

Triumph Hurdle - Apples Shakira

Cheltenham Gold Cup - Native River

Grand National - Definitly Red

2000 Guineas - Expert Eye

1000 Guineas - Clemmie

Oaks - Wild Illusion

Derby - Amedo Modigliani

Golden Jubilee Stakes - Tasleet

Ascot Gold Cup - Capri

Queen Anne Stakes - Winx

Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman

King George vi and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Cracksman

St Leger - Saxon Warrior

Arc de Triomphe - Enable

Champion NH Trainer - Paul Nicholls

Champion Flat Jockey - Silvestre De Silva

Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien

Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo

Champion New Sire (stakes won) - Kingman

Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) - Ruby Walsh

Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) no idea
 
Champion Hurdle - Faugheen
Two Mile Champion Chase - Yorkhill
World Hurdle - Finians Oscar
Triumph Hurdle - Apples Shakira
Cheltenham Gold Cup - Our Duke
Grand National - Cause Of Causes
2000 Guineas - Saxon Warrior
1000 Guineas - Clemmie
Oaks - Laurens
Derby - The Pentagon
Golden Jubilee Stakes - Harry Angel
Ascot Gold Cup - Order Of St George
Queen Anne Stakes - Winx
Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Enable
St Leger - Roaring Lion
Arc de Triomphe - Enable
Champion NH Trainer - Nicky Henderson
Champion Flat Jockey - Silvestre de Souza
Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien
Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo
Champion New Sire (stakes won) - The Gurkha
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) -
Faugheen
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) -
WINTER SOLDIER- Willie Mullins
 
Buveur Dair
Politolgue
Wholestone
Apples Shakira
Native River
Total Recall
Roaring Lion
Clemmie
Happily
Saxon Warrior
Harry Angel
Order of St George
Winx
Cracksman
Enable
Gardens Of Babylon
Enable
Nicky Henderson
Andrea Atzeni
Aiden O’Brien
Galileo
Kingsman
Cheltenham Festival Winner Disqualified
Gardens Of Babylon
 
As I won’t look at Cheltenham until the week in March, the selected plodders are total guess work (although I did back Sizing John last year).

Not sure how we can come up with the St Leger winner as it is likely to be one of Gosden’s that will debut at Chelmsford in February (... could put it as Dark Horse if we knew the name).

Just nitpicking: Why the Queen Anne not the Sussex? Why the Golden Jubilee not the July Cup? Royal Ascot not all-aged. Nothing in August... how do you propose to score the Scandal and Dark Horse categories?

Champion Hurdle: Buveur D'Air
Two Mile Champion Chase: Altior
World Hurdle: Penhill (tragically, my original choice is no more)
Triumph Hurdle: Apples Shakira
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Sizing John
Grand National: Vincente
2000 Guineas: Expert Eye
1000 Guineas: Clemmie (will get beaten on the Monday at odds-on in Ireland like Found, such is my luck with Ballydoyle)
Oaks: Winter Lightning (should I have put this maiden as my Dark Horse?)
Derby: Family Tree (if Saxon Warrior is not a superstar, Ballydoyle will have half a dozen in it)
Golden Jubilee Stakes: Harry Angel
Ascot Gold Cup: Stradivarius
Queen Anne Stakes: Le Brivido (if Winx travels she will go for the Prince of Wales’s vs Cracksman)
Eclipse Stakes: Expert Eye
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes: Enable
St Leger: Kew Gardens (Moore will be on the favourite and the Zetland winner won’t be it)
Arc de Triomphe: Enable
Champion NH Trainer: Nicky The Needle
Champion Flat Jockey: Sylvestre De Sousa
Champion Flat Trainer: John Gosden
Champion Sire (stakes won): Nathaniel
Champion New Sire (stakes won): War Command
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse): Bryony Frost will turn out to be Nicky The Needle’s love child
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018): First Eleven (Frankel half-brother to Kingman, 0-3 as a two year old, has Zenda thrown another dud or a slow learner?)

I picked these without looking at what everyone else had posted but I now see that many of us have six or seven selections in common, so this might come down to Champion New Sire! Who would have picked Enable last January? We could all be wrong with the flat...
 
Champion Hurdle - Buvear Dair
Two Mile Champion Chase - Altior
World Hurdle - Supasundae
Triumph Hurdle - Apples Shakira
Cheltenham Gold Cup - Our Duke
Grand National - Definitely Red
2000 Guineas - Roaring Lion
1000 Guineas - Clemmie
Oaks - Happily
Derby - Roaring Lion
Golden Jubilee Stakes - Tasleet
Ascot Gold Cup - Rekindling
Queen Anne Stakes - Winx
Eclipse Stakes - Cracksman
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Enable
St Leger - Roaring Lion
Arc de Triomphe - Enable
Champion NH Trainer - Nicky Henderson
Champion Flat Jockey - S De Sousa
Champion Flat Trainer - Aiden O'Brien
Champion Sire (stakes won) - Galileo
Champion New Sire (stakes won) - Kingsman
Scandal of 2018 (person or horse) - AOB to only win half of what he achieved last year and to be called a failure...!!
Dark Horse of 2018 Flat Season (has not won before 15th January 2018) - No idea
 
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